Military innovation and military culture/ Andrew Hill
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Parameters The US Army War College Quarterly Vol 45 No 1, Spring 2015, pp.85-98 (83) Summary: This article examines the significance of culture as a moderator of innovation, and criticizes monolithic accounts of military resistance to innovation. It then describes a dimension of military culture focused on the concept of the ideal combatant, and how that concept relates to innovation. Military culture can be improved by: 1) engineering the competitive context for innovation, and 2) creating career paths in which new kinds of personnel have a means of advancing, while preserving enduring organizational levels.
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This article examines the significance of culture as a moderator of innovation, and criticizes monolithic accounts of military resistance to innovation. It then describes a dimension of military culture focused on the concept of the ideal combatant, and how that concept relates to innovation. Military culture can be improved by: 1) engineering the competitive context for innovation, and 2) creating career paths in which new kinds of personnel have a means of advancing, while preserving enduring organizational levels.
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